From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V8 #12 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, January 12 1999 Volume 08 : Number 012 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Stupid Lyrics [Capuchin ] Fwd: Re: Crazy Diamond Box Set [Christopher Donnell ] oh yeah! ["Capitalism Blows" ] Portfront Guildcock (99.44 % Feg content) [Michael Wolfe ] animals... ["Karen Reichstein" ] Re: animals... [Capuchin ] Re: stupid [Insomnboy@aol.com] Re: Stupid Lyrics [Insomnboy@aol.com] Xmas and Xcock [Ken Sabatini ] Athens self-congratulations and some Vic Chesnutt quotes [Ken Sabatini ] Re: The Q word and the X word. Y? Y not? stupidest song lines? [Stewart R] Re: Clueless Arthouse [Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer ] what jeme said/what jeme did ["Capitalism Blows" ] Re: stupid [MARKEEFE@aol.com] allstar Breaking News - 1/12 [Eb ] Off topic, but... [Michael Wolfe ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:51:05 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: Stupid Lyrics On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, The Great Quail wrote: > Here's my dirty little Feg-confession: > The lyric that makes me CRINGE the most in the whole world -- and bear in > mind I am a fan of Lou Reed, Yes, *and* the Moody Blues -- is actually in > a Robyn Hitchcock song! And to twist the knife, it's one of my favorite > Robyn songs, a song which I love so much and yet contains this hideous > specimen, this last four-word stanza that stands out like an pulsing red > splotch of vile anti-oobleck twitching heavenwards from an otherwise > emotionally harrowing terrain of beautiful bleakness -- > "I feel like Judas > But he got paid > I'm doing this for free > JUST LIKE LIVE AID." > Aaaaarrrgghh! How many times have I prayed to Robyn that he would > possibly change just that last line? To *anything* that rhymes with > "paid," perhaps laid, stayed, blade, frayed, weighed, spayed? Would it > pligget his glopple so badly just to do me that one small favor? I really LIKE that line. I hope he never changes it. I think it's great. I don't think it's cute or whimsical or unexpectedly titilating. I think it's just good. It's actually (and I can't believe nobody has said this yet), "I know how Judas felt". Now that I think about it, Viv unconsciously corrected it herself when submitting it to the babel fish. (and don't you think Doug should get some kind of royalties for that thing?) I like the way it supposes that either Judas betrayed Christ out of charity (with a small matter of six pieces of silver) or artists played Live Aid in some kind of act of betrayal. I know it doesn't mean either, but I like to think about it that way. But man... Robyn didn't even PLAY at Live Aid. Hmm. Going away now, J. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:03:15 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Donnell Subject: Fwd: Re: Crazy Diamond Box Set I believe that when the box set went out of print the 'normal' versions of the import CD started coming with the extra tracks. So you should be able to get all the extra tracks without having to track down the boxed set. The set is okay. The packaging is a little weird since they tried to be very positive with it. - ---Capuchin wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, griffith wrote: > > Fegs, > > Is the Syd Barrett set "Crazy Diamond" out of print? > > And, is it worth tracking down? > > Thanks > > griffith > > I'm pretty sure it's out of print. I haven't seen it in a very long time. > > I bought a copy several years ago (after someone made me a syd tape and I > figured out how to listen to it). Thank you. I try very hard to > construct sloppy sentences. > > but it really just includes Opel, Barrett, and The Madcap Laughs with > bonus tracks that are studio outtakes. I don't think any of the bonus > tracks don't appear otherwise on the album. Some of those outtakes are > great stripped down versions with alternate lyrics and slightly altered > melodies... some are Syd going utterly to pieces before your ears... and > still a few others are records of the genesis of a particular classic Syd > tune. At one point he says "Um... yeah... let's go... [someone speaks off > mic] Oh... I guess it's called Dominoes." So that's fun. > > If you find it in print, let John Barrington Jones know. Nudge nudge. > > The booklet is really good and informative, but it's still just a booklet. > > Anyway, I love the thing. > Je. > ________________________________________________________ > > J A Brelin Capuchin > ________________________________________________________ > > == Christopher Donnell Hmmm.. you might as well check out my homepage at http://www.bigfoot.com/~qrys _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:02:45 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: oh yeah! one more note about "alan." he noticed the thoth button pinned to my coat, and i tried to explain to him that it had to do with robyn hitchcock. but he couldn't be bothered to learn anything about it, except whether it glowed in the dark or not. i finally had to bitch him out a little bit, telling him that it didn't fucking matter whether it glowed in the dark. it mattered that it had to do with robyn hitchcock. some people! i think i'd like to meet "alan" again. but not any time in the too terribly near future. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:41:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Portfront Guildcock (99.44 % Feg content) From his stump, Michael K. orated: > Well, as John, Jeme and Michael W. might have noticed, I didn't exactly >make it through all of "Storefront Hitchcock" on Saturday night. Liz (my >wife) was feeling sick. She offered to take a cab home, but I realized that I >wasn't all the engaged in the movie anyway, so we left together. I don't know >if things got substantially more interesting in the film after I left, but the >whole thing seemed a little too selfconscious to me. Robyn seemed a little >ill at ease and some of the monologue material felt forced and rehearsed. The >subtle changes in backdrops and camera angles, on the other hand, was really >well done. But the experience wasn't different enough from a Robyn show for >me. In fact, I found myself constantly wishing that it were just a live show >and, that way, we could applaud and there would be an exchange of energy and >stuff like that. That all just falls in line with my overall take on >recordings of live music: If ya ain't there to experience it, then you've >missed out on way too much. Oh well. I hope everyone else had a good time. Well, what it comes down to is that the Saturday night screening was dreadful. I was basically unimpressed myself after Saturday night, but when I came back and saw it again on Sunday, I was magically and mysteriously transported. It was like a different film. For one thing, my seat Saturday night had some kind of scrap iron deposit in the cushion. For another, on the Sunday night showing, there were only a few people who left after the Elliott Smith films, and almost no one left after Storefront got started. I found the trickle of folks streaming for the exit on Saturday night rather distracting and more than a little irritating, as few of them bothered trying not to impede the view of those of us who wished to remain. Finally, there weren't any projection errors on Sunday night, which was nice. All this may sound like trivia, but it's amazing how much these things can detract from the film experience. I didn't realize how much they had detracted from my experience until I saw it again the next night, when things were much, much better. > The big surprise for me was how much I enjoyed the Elliott Smith short >films that "opened up" for Storefront. He has a good, playful sense of humor >and seems like a really nice guy (although the second film, "Strange >Paralells," could've had most of the last 5 minutes edited out). It made me >want to give "Either/Or" another listen (I already really like "XO" but have >yet to be able to really appreciate his older material). To my surprise, the >films had the same effect on Liz (I would've thought Elliott to me too "mopey" >for her tastes). So, for those of you who might get a chance, check 'em out. Yes, I actually enjoyed it too, but I'm really glad that Jeme and I played hooky the second night. "Strange Parallel" seemed rather self-indulgent and repetative at times, in that it spent a lot of effort trying to give the illusion of actual content. None of the stuff that was supposedly going into Smith's "psyche" actually said anything meaningful. And just how many Robot Hand advertisements did we need? But I do like the guy's music, and it certainly was fun to recognize the Portland bits. Love the Quasi interview, too! Eddie extrorsed: >so i got to portland all right, and drove straight to the theater to >take a photo graph of the marquee. but there was *nothing* there >advertising Storefront! nothing on the marquee, no poster, no anything! >cheesed me right off. i guess michael wolfe's going to ream them out >pretty good for the "oversight." (speaking of whom, mr. wolfe is yet >another feg that i've met who didn't look like what i expected him to >look like, judging by his posts. this keeps alive my perfect record in >this category.) Oh yes, you can rest assured that I will be "explaining" things to the Film Center staff. Hmm. What did you expect me to look like? Don't my posts read tall and goofy? Actually, I was somewhat surprised by your appearance and demeanor too, Eddie. I knew you were like, near bald. But I envisioned a sort of Scottish Soccer Hooligan type, which would be appropriate to the fervor with which you often express your opinions here. >anyways, as for the movie, i didn't like it *quite* as much as in >frisco, simply because i wasn't then expecting it to be nearly as good >as it is, and so was completely blown away by it then. i can't imagine >watching it on the small screen. >oh, i didn't hear any overdubs in the movie, and just a little reverb on >Glass Hotel. let's hope they don't touch it up, the way they did the >soundtracks, for the home video releases! Here's my appraisal of the film (with apologies to Eddie, Carole, and Jeme, as I said this already at the Ringler's postmortem): * I love how it starts with Robyn talking. It throws you right into his world, sets the stage. It's also fun when you consider that in film, the talking is what comes after the music normally, where here it's the music that comes after the talking. * The jump cuts to the opening bars of "Freeze" are great, they finish what the opening monologue starts; literally, setting the stage. * Sunday night, with a crowd that was much more Robyn oriented, there actually was the illusion of interaction. When Robyn's doing his "churches" monologue, and the audience in the theater laughed, and then up on screen Robyn says "Let it come out, brother, that's what we're here for," it felt completely appropriate to the reaction of the audience in the theater. I thought it worked really well, and I'm glad that I had the chance to see it on the screen instead of on video because of just that sort of thing. * I noticed they used some kind of light organ to provide a flickering effect during the candle-lit scenes. No value judgement there, just an observation. * Loved it that Tim looks in the window during the second(?) song! I didn't recognize him the first time, but it got a good laugh out of me the second time. I'm in agreement with just about everyone else that I've talked to, though, in that I would have liked to have seen him get a little more stage time. * Robyn and Deni look just great playing together. The way they're so highlighted against the black background in the film is perfect. * It was kind of alarming to see that bits were taken out of the middles of monologues. I expected to see a different set of spoken word bits than what was on the audio recordings, but to have a couple of sentences snipped out of the middles of some was really disconcerting. Especially considering that both edits seem to flow normally, as far as conversational rhythm goes. Good stuff! Really gets 1999 off to an auspicious start, movie-wise. And hey, meeting Fegs could become habit-forming. I certainly hope so, at least. - -Michael Wolfe np: Radiohead - OK Computer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:52:18 -0800 From: "Partridge, John" Subject: RE: Stupid Lyrics Someone said: > > The lyric that makes me CRINGE the most in the whole world As a self-appointed (as so many are) pedant, it's my duty to observe that seeing the word "cringe" used this way makes me WINCE. Cringe is what a dog does to indicate submissiveness to another dog. I know of no lyric that should make anyone (or even a dog) cringe. On the other hand, the number of lyrics that make me wince are beyond counting. Someone cited McCartney's Live and Let Die and I always heard it as "If there's ever a change in the world in which we live in" so I had no problem with the everchanging mountains. However, the third "in" pretty much sends me spinning off into space. I liked the "just like Live Aid" line because it seems so acid in its irony and drives the song's inexorable grinding self-hatred. How about a "Jarring Lyric" thread: lyrics that evoke the "where did *that* come from" reaction. For example, "I used to be cruel to my woman; I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved." Like beating someone and denying them ice cream are on the same par? It's a Paul song but I think it's a John middle 8 lyric. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:07:34 PST From: "Karen Reichstein" Subject: animals... The Caped One wrote: >in the bathroom was a >counter with some stuffed animals on it. so i rearranged two of them >into the ol' 4-legged animals humping configuration How can anyone *not* love Eddie?? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:14:45 -0800 (PST) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: animals... On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Karen Reichstein wrote: > How can anyone *not* love Eddie?? Oh wait... he's never broken into your building, has he? Je. Who once helped eddie scale a wall and climb in a window RATHER uninvited. ________________________________________________________ J A Brelin Capuchin ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:18:30 EST From: Insomnboy@aol.com Subject: Re: stupid In a message dated 1/11/99 6:42:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, gnat@engin.umich.edu writes: > My favorite stupid lyrics are from a Wang Chung song - "Take your partner > by the hair/Pull her close and there there there..." followed closely by > "Take your partner by the ears..." Eh? Of course there's also "Everybody Wang Chung tonight". I've always wondered just how does one wang chung anyway? It sounds like something one should not do in public. ;-) Russell in Los Angeles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:26:14 EST From: Insomnboy@aol.com Subject: Re: Stupid Lyrics In a message dated 1/11/99 8:43:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, Quail cheeped: > "I feel like Judas > But he got paid > I'm doing this for free > JUST LIKE LIVE AID." > > Aaaaarrrgghh! How many times have I prayed to Robyn that he would > possibly change just that last line? To *anything* that rhymes with > "paid," perhaps laid, stayed, blade, frayed, weighed, spayed? Would it > pligget his glopple so badly just to do me that one small favor? Maybe this works for you: "I feel like Judas But he got paid I'm doing this for free While I get my cat spayed"? Russell in Los Angeles :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:04:21 -0500 (EST) From: Ken Sabatini Subject: Xmas and Xcock >>(By the way: I do not type or write "Christmas" as "Xmas" though--for >>that >>would be puttin' a "X" over "Christ." That's just one of many things >>I've learned from those years of Catholic school?) ;-> >it's not an X, it's a chi, the first letter of Christ in Greek. That's >why >orthodox churches have a chi between the alpha and the omega in many of >their icons. It's a bit like putting an H to represent Hitchcock. >James That's what I wrote: a "X" not an X. ;) You don't really believe this is why secular folks write Xmas do you? If so, then when people say "Xmas" they ought to say something that sounds like "Chi-mas" (pronounced like the Greek letter X of course). I never said it was good or bad to write or state Xmas. I'm just telling you what I learnt from da nuns. It was the meanest of the bunch who made the X-over-Christ thing exceedingly clear: "it is crossing out God's name with an X, little boy!" Sure its a bit like putting an H for Hcock, 'cept *some* might say Christ is due a higher level of respect and folks could strain to write out all 6 of his letters. This nun in question used to also say: "If you play with me, you're playing with fire. And if you play with fire, you're gonna get burned." She said it like she meant it, too! I also had an English teacher in that school by the name of Willemina Rachylmier (pronounced "Will-a-mean-a Rack-l-my-er") who was as mean as it sounds. I always seemed to be on her bad side too. Ken *who has still yet to play his 2 month old vinyl Sfront Hcock* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:52:24 -0500 (EST) From: Ken Sabatini Subject: Athens self-congratulations and some Vic Chesnutt quotes Re the Vic Chesnutt live appearance on Conan: I didn't see it, but I've been underwhelmed and even disappointed by Vic's Athens shows on more than one occasion. He's even sort of developed the reputation for defeating himself some way or the other when he plays around town. What a time for Athens music, by the way. There's the new Vic record, which has gotten solid reviews; there's the highly anticipated Olivia Tremor Control due out next month; there's the recently released first full disc by the multi-instrumental band Macha that I've seen raved about in a few medium-distribution music magazines; there's the continued success of the Athens-based Kindercore record label and all the pop bands they've given an outlet to over the past few years; and then there were the strong 1998 releases from Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Of Montreal, and The Mendoza Line, among others. And this town really ain't that large. Don't get me wrong--I'm not taking credit for any of this . . . I just live here. Well I can't take credit for *all* of it, anyway. Back to Vic. I've got the JAnuary version of the Atlanta mag. which I typed the Robyn interview from (Stomp and Stammer) and its got Vic Chesnutt on the cover. Here are a few representative quotes (rated PG13) from Vic as he reflects on some names from 1998: on Liz Phair: "When she said, 'Let me be your blowjob queen,' every rock critic in America slowjacked. They loved her so much. But she drove me insane. I hate her music so bad. I'm sure she's smart and all, and a cool person. She can't sing her way out of a paper bag--not that I can either." on Courtney Love: "As far as I'm concerned she can hit the road. I ain't got no time for her at all. None whatsoever." on Bob Dylan: "Fuck him. I love him and all, but I don't know. People had told him he was Jesus for too long, even back in 1966. So he was like, 'OK. I'm gonna whine a lot, and you're gonna love it.' Which is a cool thing, in a way. It's kinda great that he could do that. He's like, 'I'm gonna push you as far as I can push you.' And I always liked his songs. A quarter of them I think are the greatest things. A quarter of them I think are crap. And half of them I think are just pretty good." 1998 Television: "I watch CNN and PBS because I'm a pseudo-intellectual. But my favorite show is 'America's Funniest Home Videos.' I love to see people fall down. I don't know why. Seeing old ladies fall down at weddings is the funniest thing. I figure it's built in. I think the cavemen did it too. When another caveman got poked in the ass by an aardvark they all laughed. And I'm the same way. I just can't help it." Linda McCartney's death: "Everybody hated Linda. But I really loved Linda. She was super cool to me. She was one of the richest chicks ever. Her family was rich. Everybody was always ragging on her for marrying Paul for his money--well she had more money than him. And I really liked her because she fucked Jimi Hendrix. How cool is that?" End. Surely, that's enough wisdom for one evening. While I'm not defending any of this (although I don't really like Liz Phair either), *reading* these comments prevents the somewhat softening effect that comes from *hearing* Vic speak about them in his distinctive manner of phrasing (often duplicated by M. Stipe) Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:29:42 -0800 (PST) From: S Dwarf Subject: Re: Miss me? edoxtato@ssax.com wrote: > James D mentioned (some time ago) > >so... what is the state bird of California, anyway? > Arriana Huffington. no, that's the state beard..... [arianna huffington is a right wing commentator who basically forced her then-husband/multi millionaire michael to run for the house [he won] and then senate [he lost] from california (he spent $30 million in the latter race). he recently outed himself, post their divorce a couple years ago after her national profile was significantly raised (not to mention her citizenship being finalized). and yes, she knew during the marriage. she has frequently referred to the clinton marriage as a sham, without noting the irony of her saying it no doubt....] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:49:05 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: The Q word and the X word. Y? Y not? stupidest song lines? >>>>> "Zloduska" == Zloduska writes: Zloduska> I thought they were already that way to begin with! ;-) >> - The mountains leave the sky and are stopped there? Actually, knowing Jon Anderson's Accrington [N England] heritage, he probably would have used the word "stopped": Mountains coom out t'sky, und stop theer. Zloduska> "Go with cheese"?! I now use this to sign off user requests. Life's hard being the technical prima donna... - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:54:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Stewart Russell 3295 Analyst_Programmer Subject: Re: Clueless Arthouse >>>>> "Michael" == Michael R Godwin writes: Michael> No contest, I'm afraid - catch an Ivor Cutler show while Michael> stocks last. Maybe he'll sing 'I'm going in a field' Do you mean 'I'm walking to a farm'? Your version sounds like he was taken short. Ivor and Robyn would be a good set, but Robyn would have to be very quiet, as Ivor gets disturbed by loud noises. - -- Stewart C. Russell Analyst Programmer, Dictionary Division stewart@ref.collins.co.uk HarperCollins Publishers use Disclaimer; my $opinion; Glasgow, Scotland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:41:47 -0500 (EST) From: Bayard Subject: Deni On Conan (fwd) TUESDAY, JAN. 12 - TONIGHT! See DENI BONET playing with SNL guitar-god, G.E. SMITH on the CONAN O'BRIEN show, 12.30 am EST/11.30 pm Central on NBC. www.denibonet.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:30:44 PST From: "Capitalism Blows" Subject: what jeme said/what jeme did PART I: WHAT JEME SAID jeme said that he has seen Leonard Part 6 twice, and that it, "fucking kicks ass over" Ghost Dad, which he has seen five times. PART II: WHAT JEME DID jeme showed us his peanut butter jars. (and if this sounds like sexual innuendo, then...perhaps it is.) PART III: CONCLUSION jeme ain't right in the head. at any rate, here is cosby's imdb record: 1. "Kids Say the Darndest Things" (1998) TV Series .... Host 2. 4 Little Girls (1997) .... Himself (interviewee) 3. Jack Paar 'As I Was Saying...' (1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself 4. "Cosby" (1996) TV Series .... Hilton Lucas 5. Jack (1996) .... Lawrence Woodruff 6. "Cosby Mysteries, The" (1994) TV Series .... Guy Hanks 7. I Spy Returns (1994) (TV) .... Alexander Scott 8. Cosby Mysteries, The (1994) (TV) .... Guy Hanks ... aka Guy Hanks I (1994) (TV) 9. Meteor Man, The (1993) .... Marvin 10. Unknown Marx Brothers, The (1993) (TV) 11. "You Bet Your Life" (1992) TV Series .... Host 12. Ghost Dad (1990) .... Elliot 13. Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990) (TV) .... Himself 14.Leonard Part 6 (1987) .... Leonard Parker 15. "Cosby Show, The" (1984) TV Series .... Doctor Heathcliff Huxtable 16. Bill Cosby: Himself (1982) .... Himself 17. Devil and Max Devlin, The (1981) .... Barney Satin 18. "New Fat Albert Show, The" (1979) TV Series 19. California Suite (1978) .... Dr. Willis Panama ... aka Neil Simon's California Suite (1978) 20. Top Secret (1978) (TV) .... Aaron Strickland 21. Piece of the Action, A (1977) .... Dave Anderson 22. "Cos" (1976) TV Series 23. Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) .... Mother 24. Let's Do It Again (1975) .... Billy Foster 25. Uptown Saturday Night (1974) .... Wardell Franklin 26. "New Bill Cosby Show, The" (1972) TV Series 27. "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" (1972) TV Series 28. Hickey & Boggs (1972) .... Al Hickey 29. Man and Boy (1972) ... aka Ride a Dark Horse (1972) 30. "Electric Company, The" (1971) TV Series 31. Journey Back to Oz (1971) .... The Wizard of Oz (TV version) 32. To All My Friends on Shore (1971) (TV) .... Blue 33."Bill Cosby Show, The" (1969) TV Series .... Chet Kincaid 34. "I Spy" (1965) TV Series .... Alexander Scott ... aka "Danny Doyle" (1965) (USA: working title) 35. "That Was the Week That Was" (1964) TV Series by the way, why isn't Gotta Let This Hen Out! listed in the imdb? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:11:43 EST From: MARKEEFE@aol.com Subject: Re: stupid In a message dated 99-01-11 21:39:40 EST, coupla folks, they wrote: << > My favorite stupid lyrics are from a Wang Chung song - "Take your partner > by the hair/Pull her close and there there there..." followed closely by > "Take your partner by the ears..." Eh? Of course there's also "Everybody Wang Chung tonight". I've always wondered just how does one wang chung anyway? It sounds like something one should not do in public. ;-) >> A great moment from an old Cheers episode (and there are countless great moments from old Cheers episodes) is one where Frasier comes bouncing into Cheers saying that he'd just heard some great advice on the radio: "Everybody have fun tonight. Everybody Wang Chung tonight!" The lyrics to Dance Hall Days have always struck me as being more "weird" than "stupid" (although not weird in a clever and Hitchcockian way -- more like they're weird in a this-must've-been-translated-from-Dutch kind of way). "And in her mouth an amethyst"?! The aforementioned follow-up hit, on the other hand, is just about as idiotic as it gets. - ------Michael K., who still owns and (nostalgically) enjoys "Points on the Curve." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:41:17 -0800 From: Eb Subject: allstar Breaking News - 1/12 Funny news item, from last night's American Music Awards: >*Tony Scalzo, bassist/singer of Fastball, was kicked >out of the AMAs because security didn't believe he was >who he said he was. He went down to the show with his >wife and baby with his eighth-row seat tickets, and >security guards took his tickets away -- saying that >he was misrepresenting his tickets -- and threw him >out. It can be tough being a one-hit wonder.... the goddamn daddy np: frickin' nothing...WHEN will something good and new come out already? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:07:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Wolfe Subject: Off topic, but... ....when's that stopped anyone around here? http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/simpsonswar.html Brighten someone's day, hopefully. - -Michael Wolfe ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V8 #12 ******************************